USAID

Reduction in USAID and US State Department funding has severely disrupted anti-human-trafficking efforts in Southeast Asia, leading to diminished resources for victim assistance and organizational shutdowns. The halt of aid has caused chaos within groups helping trafficking survivors, hampering their ability to function, which may result in empowering the criminal organizations conducting online scams and human trafficking. These criminal activities, including pig butchering scams, have global repercussions, with estimated losses of over $75 billion.

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/usaid-collapse-is-helping-criminal-scammers-enslave-people/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/usaid

"id": "usa000020725",
"linkid": "usaid",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "2/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of geographical region"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Human Rights',
                        'location': 'Southeast Asia',
                        'name': 'Various Anti-Human-Trafficking Organizations',
                        'type': 'Non-Profit'}],
 'description': 'Reduction in USAID and US State Department funding has '
                'severely disrupted anti-human-trafficking efforts in '
                'Southeast Asia, leading to diminished resources for victim '
                'assistance and organizational shutdowns. The halt of aid has '
                'caused chaos within groups helping trafficking survivors, '
                'hampering their ability to function, which may result in '
                'empowering the criminal organizations conducting online scams '
                'and human trafficking. These criminal activities, including '
                'pig butchering scams, have global repercussions, with '
                'estimated losses of over $75 billion.',
 'impact': {'financial_loss': 'Over $75 billion',
            'operational_impact': 'Diminished resources for victim assistance '
                                  'and organizational shutdowns'},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Reduction in USAID and US State '
                                           'Department funding'},
 'threat_actor': 'Criminal Organizations',
 'title': 'Disruption of Anti-Human-Trafficking Efforts Due to Funding Cuts',
 'type': 'Funding Cuts Leading to Increased Cybercrime'}